People who know me describe me as fiercely loyal, trustworthy,
honest, compassionate non-conformist with a twisted sardonic sense
of humor (people who crack me up – David Sedaris, Mitch Hedberg,
Demetri Martin, Matt & Trey). I'm fascinated by things that are
either of an intellectual nature or ridiculously silly (borderline
stupid). I'm mostly bored by anything in-between.
Friends always identify me with these three things:
a) New Orleans - my 'home away from home'.
b) Halloween - I go WAY overboard. I'm famous in my neighborhood
for it.
c) LA Kings - I love hockey. Gladiators on ice. How could any sport
be better than that?
Every once in a while I'll be stuck in traffic on the PCH while the
sun is setting over the ocean and all I can think is, "this is the
best traffic jam ever".

After an 18 year career in intellectual property law, I had an
'Office Space' moment of clarity and went into self reinvention
mode. Doing work that I love now - carpentry during the week,
playing music, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity when I have
time.

-building/creating/fixing things (furniture, movie sets, houses,
etc.)
-playing music.
-living in the present.
-seeing all 17 sides to every story, playing devil's advocate and
resolving conflict through cognitive process. (i.e. I guess I could
have just said 'diplomacy'?)
-but mostly building things.

Books: David Sedaris, Charles Bukowski, and Confederacy of Dunces
(if you know the book, then you probably already knew I was a
fan).

Movies: Anything that involves Rob Reiner and/or Christopher Guest,
Tim Burton, Pedro Almodovar, Mel Brooks, Q.T. or the Coen Bros. And
of course the Godfather (but that goes without saying, right?) I
generally prefer indie and foreign films because they're usually
just better, but I'll watch certain blockbusters just to keep up on
pop culture. I have 'boycotted' watching the oscars (and any
hollywood awards shows) ever since Shawshank Redemption lost to
Forrest Gump for best picture. wtf?

Music: VERY ecclectic - though I tend to lean towards bands like
Muse, Black Keys, Band of Skulls, Jet... etc. Short list also
includes Elliott Smith, Iguanas, G. Love & Special Sauce, My
Morning Jacket, Triumph, Kansas, Neko Case, anything Stanton Moore
related, Iron Maiden, Drive By Truckers, Hawksley Workman,
Calexico, Queensryche, and oh, about 10,000 others. And anything
that absolutely lays down the funk (if there is an appropriate
place to insert 'good god-y'all', then count me in!) I think Kings
of Leon are severely over-rated. Yeah, I said it. I tend to really
dislike any homogenous manufactured lowest common denominator top
40 bubblegum garbage. (Although every once in a while a song like
that will get it's hooks in me and I'll hate myself for liking it.)
And 80's metal will always have a place in my heart.

condensing my profile here, politics, anthropology, quantum
physics, why are we here? ...are we really here? ...is
there a solution to the problem of perpetual motion? ...am I
supposed to be somewhere else right now? ...I'm pretty sure I'm
supposed to be in New Orleans right now. ...who was the first
person to eat eggs for breakfast - was it some really impatient
person who was just in the mood for chicken? ...how do we undo the
damage hipsters have done to the word 'irony'? ...if there is a
god, and he was a singer, would he sound more like Lyle Lovett or
Neil Diamond? [I recently received a nomination for Leonard
Cohen - brilliant! and I should probably add Nat King Cole to the
ballot too]

- you hear tom waits voice in your head when you read
bukowski
- you can appreciate a well timed 'that's what she said' joke
- you can explain to me what the 'jumping in the air at the beach'
photos are all about... is 'vertical leap' a top rated quality that
men are looking for in a partner?
- you like big dogs
- you think going to a hockey game might be fun